linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: register sysfs device attributes with driver core

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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:49 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, abbotti@....co.uk,
	fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: register sysfs device attributes with
 driver core

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 06:05:28PM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Currently the sysfs device attributes are created by the comedi
> core after each comedi device is created. This can lead to a race
> condition where userspace gets an add event before the files are
> created.
> 
> Register the device attributes with the comedi class so that the
> driver core handles creating them and we avoid the race.

Nice job, thanks for making this change.

greg k-h
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